Netflix welcomes Mac users to 'Watch Instantly'

From CNET News.com: Netflix has expanded its "Watch Instantly" movie-streaming player to include Macintosh-owning subscribers.

The company announced on Monday that it would be using Microsoft's Silverlight software to deliver streaming movies not only to PCs, but also to Intel...

Intel's Moorestown would make iPhone less secure

From InfoWorld: Putting Intel's Moorestown chip package inside a future version of the iPhone would make the smart phone less secure, according to an independent security researcher.

"That will make the iPhone x86 and that will make a lot of attacks easier," said Dino Dai Zovi, an...

Acer Netbook Shipments to Beat Asus's Eee PC

From PC World: Acer, the world's third-largest PC vendor, said shipments of its Aspire one netbook could reach 6 million units this year, which would edge out Asustek Computer's popular Eee PC at the top of the market.

Asus has set a target for Eee PC shipments this year of 5...

Sun misses analyst forecasts for revenue, earnings

From CNET News.com: Sun Microsystems reported a 7 percent drop in first-quarter revenue on Thursday, coming in the midrange of its previously lowered earnings forecast.

The embattled hardware maker posted revenue of $2.99 billion for the quarter, a drop from its year-ago performance...

Sony Says No to PS3 Price Cut as the PS3 Outsells Xbox 360 Globally

From DailyTech: Sony has clearly said “no” to calls for a PS3 price cut in time for the holiday season. At the Games 3.0 conference in London, Sony Computer Entertainment managing director Ray Maguire told Videogamer.com a PS3 price cut was not planned.

Maguire was asked directly if...

Intel Joins Taiwan on Linux OS for Netbooks

From PC World: ntel, the world's largest chip maker, created Moblin to use with devices that run on Intel Atom microprocessors. The open source software includes a Linux kernel, a user interface, a browser, developer tools and other resources that Intel will continue to optimize as...

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